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A perfect choice!

We are three sisters just back from a 4 day break in Barcelona. Having trolled through the internet we eventually came across a little gem in the city centre - the Olivia Plaza Hotel right on the Placa de Catalunya. This hotel is in an excellent location for sightseeing, shopping or just rambling around the city. The airport bus and also the bus tours are located nearby. If you would lke some retail therapy the large department store, El Cortes Ingles and Passeig de Gracia are close by with La Rambla just a stone's throw away.
We cannot speak highly enough regarding the staff. We were warmly welcomed at reception by Rebecca and offered a complimentary bottle of cava as we were celebrating a birthday. We had two adjoining rooms on the 10th floor with a magnificient view of Placa de Catalunya. We were a little worried that it would be noisy at night but not a sound from the street was heard. The rooms are spacious and beautifully decorated with really comfortable beds. I think the hotel is suitable for all ages - whether it is a family, couple or a girls break away.
All of the staff in this hotel are exceptional - so friendly, polite and helpful, We would particularly like to mention the ever smiling Rebecca at reception, Fernando who was so helpful and the good humoured Sergio who made our stay so pleasant. The staff...We are three sisters just back from a 4 day break in Barcelona. Having trolled through the internet we eventually came across a little gem in the city centre - the Olivia Plaza Hotel right on the Placa de Catalunya. This hotel is in an excellent location for sightseeing, shopping or just rambling around the city. The airport bus and also the bus tours are located nearby. If you would lke some retail therapy the large department store, El Cortes Ingles and Passeig de Gracia are close by with La Rambla just a stone's throw away.

We cannot speak highly enough regarding the staff. We were warmly welcomed at reception by Rebecca and offered a complimentary bottle of cava as we were celebrating a birthday. We had two adjoining rooms on the 10th floor with a magnificient view of Placa de Catalunya. We were a little worried that it would be noisy at night but not a sound from the street was heard. The rooms are spacious and beautifully decorated with really comfortable beds. I think the hotel is suitable for all ages - whether it is a family, couple or a girls break away.

All of the staff in this hotel are exceptional - so friendly, polite and helpful, We would particularly like to mention the ever smiling Rebecca at reception, Fernando who was so helpful and the good humoured Sergio who made our stay so pleasant. The staff are truly an excellent asset to this hotel.

We would have no hesitation in recommending the Olivia Plaza while visiting Barcelona. We can't wait to return!More

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Stayed: February 2012, traveled with family

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Ask Betty829 about Olivia Plaza Hotel

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This hotel is centrally located - just off the Ramblas (even though other hotels say they are, this one really is!) and nearby all the shops, local attractions and opposite the bus garage so really well located. The staff were really friendly, and given we stayed in high season, still made us feel really special and important. The roof terrace outside is beautiful - were were allowed to bring our own alcohol - none of the "you have to buy from the hotel bar" nonsense. The rooms were very clean and comfortable - bathrooms spotless. We thought this was really good value for money given we could walk almost everywhere in no time at all!

Stayed: June 2011, traveled with friends

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Ask Luxe_intheknow about Olivia Plaza Hotel

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We enjoyed our stay at the Olivia Plaza. Location is ideal and the rooms were fairly quiet. Very clean with lots of places to store your belongings made it easy to keep uncluttered. The restaurant was overpriced, but high quality. Service in the hotel and restaurant was excellent. Overall, very good value for the money and would recommend.

Stayed: February 2012, traveled as a couple

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Ask JBLuvTravel about Olivia Plaza Hotel

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Stayed for 5 nights with my husband, parents and sister over the Christmas holiday.

Pros:-Top location for ease of seeing sights and accessing the metro-Tastefully decorated rooms-Stellar service, warm and friendly with making reservations and arranging logistics for seeing the sights. Even before arrival, very prompt and friendly responding to emailed questions

Cons:-Biggest complaint was the inability to run A/C in our room. It was so warm at night and especially getting ready in the morning. We all left our rooms as soon as possible in the AM! The staff instructed us to just leave the heat off, but the residual heat from the hotel lobby etc still baked us in our room.-Shower would leak into the toilet room, causing a slight mildew smell

Overall, you can't beat the location and friendly service! No issues with noise or safety. We did have drinks one night at the bar which was expensive (as most hotels are). Also had brunch one morning (decent but not excellent) which again we did with full understanding of premium price.

One final tip, don't take a cab anywhere on 12/26! We had to leave early to catch a flight and the hotel told us about $25 for cab ride (bus wasn't running that early) - it ended up being $50 due to boxing day and we almost ran out of euro paying the driver!

Stayed: December 2011

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Ask PoolLovinFoodies about Olivia Plaza Hotel

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oliviaplazahotel, General Manager at Olivia Plaza Hotel, responded to this reviewResponded February 7, 2012

Dear PoolLovinFoodies,

Thank you very much for taking your time writing the review, and especially for your nice comment about the service offered by our staff. Regarding the cons points, I will take note of them to discuss them with the engineering department to find the best solution.

I hope to see you soon in Barcelona and to welcome you.

Kind regards,Raimon Senpau

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Stayed at this Hotel and wasn't sure what to expect, what a great hotel in a wonderful location. We were only in Barcelona for a couple of days but is located is such a central location, easy working to train station, taxis and La Rambla.

The rooms were very clean and the staff at reception were very friendly.

Breakfast was very good. Overall a very pleasant stay in a wonderful city - would definitely recommend.

We were on the 3rd floor and didn't hear any street noise as some other reviewers mentioned.

Stayed: May 2011, traveled with family

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Ask brightongirlSydney about Olivia Plaza Hotel

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oliviaplazahotel, General Manager at Olivia Plaza Hotel, responded to this reviewResponded February 1, 2012

Dear brightongirlSydney,

Thank you very mcuh for your kind review. We are very pleased to have met the expectations you had of the hotel. I'll be happy to share your kind comments with all the hotel staff.

We hope to have the opportunity to welcome you back to the hotel.

Kind regards,

Raimon Senpau

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Location is perfect for sightseeing and shopping (if you are that way inclined).

All the staff, without exception were professional, polite, friendly and helpful.

But the hotel advertised sound proofed rooms. Ours was not - cue snoring man in the room next door who fell asleep with the telly on and then phone rings and rings and rings at past 1am - didn't make for a good night sleep!!

The hotel website also said that they would provide bathrobes and slippers, but there weren't any in our room - we weren't fussed, so didn't complain.

I have food allergies, so it wasn't worth us paying €20 per person for breakfast, so we ate breakfast out.

Stayed: January 2012, traveled as a couple

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Ask Helen P about Olivia Plaza Hotel

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oliviaplazahotel, General Manager at Olivia Plaza Hotel, responded to this reviewResponded February 2, 2012

Dear Helen,

Thank you very much for taking the time to write the review, and for your kind comments about the staff. I'm sure you will feel

very happy with your comment.

Also, I'm very sorry for any inconvenience caused while sleeping. We will work so we can improve the soundproof system in the future.

I hope that despite all you had a pleasant stay with us, and hope to see you soon in the hotel.

Kind regards,

Raimon Senpau

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